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World of Threads Festival

www: whimsical, wacky, wild

2016 Exhibition: Opening

This show, celebrating the whimsical, wacky and wild, demonstrates how fibre art can be simultaneously irreverent and serious, playful and eccentric, unique and very familiar.

Photography by Gareth Bate

Opening

Artist: Marie Bergstedt at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Marie Bergstedt at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.

Curators

  • Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate
  • Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman

Artists

  • Canada: Alberta: Red Deer: Matt Gould. Ontario: Mississauga: Madzia McCutcheon
  • France: Bretagne: Le Quillio: Lou Roy.
  • India: Hyderabad: Archana Rajguru Biswas.
  • Netherlands: Spaarndad: Mathilde Renes, Waalre: Mirjam Pet-Jacobs.
  • South Africa: Gauteng: Soweto: Lerato Motau.
  • USA: California: Albany: Suzanna Klein, San Francisco: Marie Bergstedt, Rachel Major, Myrna Tatar.
Artist: Myrna Tatar at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Myrna Tatar at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.

Gallery

  • The Corridor Galleries and open public spaces at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre.

City

  • Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Dates

  • Oct. 29 - Nov. 27, 2016
Artist: Marie Bergstedt at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Marie Bergstedt at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Matt Gould at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Matt Gould at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Suzanne Klein at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Suzanne Klein at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Rachel Major at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Artist: Rachel Major at the opening of the World of Threads Festival 2016.
Visitors taking a close look at work by Marie Bergstedt, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Visitors taking a close look at work by Marie Bergstedt, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Visitors taking a close look at work by Marie Bergstedt, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Visitors taking a close look at work by Marie Bergstedt, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Opening

Authors